What this site is all about:
The Peace Cairn is a pile of rocks on a cliff in NorthWest Ireland. The rocks were brought here by hundreds of people as an expression of support for the bringing about of peace through non-violence in Ireland. This virtual version of the cairn is intended as an extension of that work with the physical rocks being replaced by interesting quotes on the subjects of peace, justice and non-violence. There are a number of different ways in which the quotes can be viewed. There is a set of 540 quotes available in three formats - WORKS database and plain text (downloadable as .zip files) and, of course, HTML. The text version should be openable in most database systems but if anybody formats them for another DBMS I'd appreciate a copy so I can make it available to others, through the site. For most quotes, I've added some basic background information regarding the source but I'd greatly appreciate any advice in terms of filling in gaps and/or amending any errors. Incidentally, I don't necessarily agree with all views expressed in the quotes but I think they all offer interesting food for thought. If you have problems with downloading and/or unzipping files I can e-mail the basic files to you but be warned -the files are quite large (126K in WORKS or 96K in plain text) and will take some time to come through, especially if you're on a dial-up. If you still want it you can mail me! but remember to say which version of the file you want. An experimental feature of the site is 'Click A Quote'. At that page you'll find a graphic representing the Cairn with a colour coding system to represent quotes drawn from political, religious, philosophical or literary sources. In other words, if you click on a red rock you'll get a literary type quote; a purple rock gives a political one etc. Of course, these are fairly arbitrary selections so they shouldn't be taken too seriously. It need hardly be said that these islands of the North Atlantic have seen many atrocities. The bombing of Warrington was the one which pushed me to establish the Cairn. It could have been any of a dozen others, before or since, and I have no interest in placing the tragedy of any one community in comparison with any other. On the other hand, few will argue with the claim that the Omagh atrocity was a special case. This colossal assault on a small population reverberated around the world and I have placed a memorial page to it.

What this site is all about:

The Peace Cairn is a pile of rocks on a cliff in NorthWest Ireland. The rocks were brought here by hundreds of people as an expression of support for the bringing about of peace through non-violence in Ireland.
This virtual version of the cairn is intended as an extension of that work with the physical rocks being replaced by interesting quotes on the subjects of peace, justice and non-violence. There are a number of different ways in which the quotes can be viewed. There is a set of 540 quotes available in three formats - WORKS database and plain text (downloadable as .zip files) and, of course, HTML.
The text version should be openable in most database systems but if anybody formats them for another DBMS I'd appreciate a copy so I can make it available to others, through the site.
For most quotes, I've added some basic background information regarding the source but I'd greatly appreciate any advice in terms of filling in gaps and/or amending any errors. Incidentally, I don't necessarily agree with all views expressed in the quotes but I think they all offer interesting food for thought.
If you have problems with downloading and/or unzipping files I can e-mail the basic files to you but be warned -the files are quite large (126K in WORKS or 96K in plain text) and will take some time to come through, especially if you're on a dial-up. If you still want it you can mail me! but remember to say which version of the file you want.
An experimental feature of the site is 'Click A Quote'. At that page you'll find a graphic representing the Cairn with a colour coding system to represent quotes drawn from political, religious, philosophical or literary sources. In other words, if you click on a red rock you'll get a literary type quote; a purple rock gives a political one etc. Of course, these are fairly arbitrary selections so they shouldn't be taken too seriously.
It need hardly be said that these islands of the North Atlantic have seen many atrocities. The bombing of Warrington was the one which pushed me to establish the Cairn. It could have been any of a dozen others, before or since, and I have no interest in placing the tragedy of any one community in comparison with any other.
On the other hand, few will argue with the claim that the Omagh atrocity was a special case. This colossal assault on a small population reverberated around the world and I have placed a memorial page to it.